Commons billPrivate Members' Bill (Ballot)2024-25Act of Parliament
A Private Members' Bill introduced through the annual ballot, which gives backbench MPs a chance to secure Friday debate time. Ballot bills are the only PMBs with a realistic prospect of becoming law without government support.
A Bill to make provision about paternity leave in cases where a mother, or a person with whom a child is placed or expected to be placed for adoption, dies.
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1 The Bill amends or inserts provisions into the Employment Rights Act 1996, providing powers to make provision about Paternity Leave in cases where a mother, or a person with whom a child is placed or expected to be placed for adoption, dies.
2 The Bill’s powers allow provision to be made for the following:
● Paternity Leave (birth) – In cases where a child’s mother dies, the existing entitlement for the child’s father, or the mother’s partner, to be absent from work on Paternity Leave following the birth of the child will not be subject to a continuity of service requirement; the employee …